Gods' Impact Online

"You are… no…" Zach raised his brow in confusion and asked, "Who are you? I feel like I have seen you before but at the same time… I cannot remember you. You know me so… have we met before?"

"My name is Zendeya!"

"Uhh… that's not helping. How do you know me?"

"School!"

"Oh! Right. You are my underclassman. Umm… we met in the principal's office after I got into trouble. And you were there for… to get permission for a leave?"

"Yes!"

"Oh, okay. Fancy meeting you here… like really. What are you doing here? And by here, I mean, in this guild or rather in Elliott's chamber? You were tied, so obviously, you were not here by your choice."

After looking at Zendeya's condition, Zach smiled at her and patted her shoulders to reassure her.

"You don't have to answer. You are safe now," he said calmly.

"But that thing was going to kill me."

"Yeah… forgive him," he sighed in disappointment. "Anyway, can you get up now?"

"Yeah."

Zendeya stood up with Zach and covered her eyes after seeing Elliott's head rolling on the floor.

Urluk was playing with it.

"Cerberus."

Cerberus came out of Zach's shadow in his mini form and said, [I know what you are going to ask me, my liege.]

"Oh? Surprise me, then."

[You want me to eat that human, don't you?]

"Wow, you actually surprised me. So, can you eat him?" Zach asked curiously.

[I would rather not, but if you want me to, then I cannot defy your orders.]

"Please eat him and get rid of all the evidence of the murder here. I will treat you to something later."

[What about me, my liege?] Urluk suddenly asked.

"You tried to kill an innocent."

[...]

"However, you completed your task. So if you apologize to Zendeya, I will treat you with something too."

Urluk looked at Zendaya and said, [I apologize for my action. It was nothing personal.]

Urluk's words had no emotions inside them, unlike when he talked to Zach.

Zendeya didn't say anything as she was still in a traumatic state.

Cerberus had begun eating Elliott, so they waited for him to finish.

Zach noticed Elliott's eyes were missing, so he squinted his eyes at Urluk and uttered, "Where are his eyes?"

Urluk brought Elliott's eyes and tongue in front of Zach and said, [Here.]

"Give it to Cerberus. The eyes are his favorite part of the body."

Once everything was done, Zach turned to Zendeya and said, "You have to tell everyone that Elliott ran away and ditched his position as the guild leader of this guild because the guild's stats were going downhill.

Not a world less, not a word more. If anyone asks you how you know, then say that you heard him talking with someone about it. Do you understand?"

Zendeya nodded and said, "Yes. I will do exactly as you said."

"Good. Now that Elliott is dead, the next guild leader would most likely be Shay, as he is funding everything in the guild. Perhaps, I should tell him the truth about what happened and ask him to become the next leader."

"..."

"Although I do think disbanding this guild would be the best option."

"Why would you say that? The only bad thing in this guild was Elliott," Zendeya remarked. "When Victoria was here, everything was fine. Elliott was under control, and Victoria was making all the major decisions. And she didn't do it alone; she asked for the votes from the guild members. After Victoria left, everything became worse."

"No. Don't blame it on me or Victoria. Remember, that guy was a piece of shit, and shit will remain shit. It will stink, and even if you spray perfume on it, it will still stink after a while," Zach stated with a frustrated look on his face.

"No, I didn't mean that." Zendeya shook her head and hands violently and said, "I was praising Victoria. Why would I blame her?"

"..."

[My liege, it's best if we leave now. We shouldn't stay here for long,] Cerberus uttered after cleaning up the blood from the floor.

"Just a minute." Zach pointed his finger at the closed door of Elliott's chamber and said, "Do you know why guilds exist?"

"To help people get strong faster and obtain the mutual benefits from the rewards?" Zendeya asked with a puzzled look on her face.

"Exactly. But some players take advantage of that. It's fine in normal games, but this is a death game. The assets and resources of a player are limited. Everyone's afraid to die, but if they stay the same as they are, they will never learn to survive on their own. They can't be dependent on someone else, no matter how pitiable they are.

If they are giving nothing in return or providing no benefits, there is no need for the guild to keep them in the guild. If I were the guild leader, I would have kicked those players long ago as they would be nothing but a burden who would also bring others down to protect themselves."

After saying that, Zach opened the door and said, "But that doesn't mean one can't change. Some people just need a little push before they learn to fly. And remember, nothing comes for free. You have to put your efforts into something if you want it."

Zach was fairly angry at the guild members who were simply taking benefits of the guild for food and shelter and wasting the funds and resources. Of course, Elliott was top on that list.

SIGH!

"I will have to tell Shay to look into this player and make this guild even better. And without Elliott, this guild will surely top the list."

Zach recalled the number one guild of the game— which was the guild formed by Edens' Dynasty— Aurora's kingdom people.

"Actually, you know what? I will do that right now. Since I am here, I might as well just meet him face to face instead of sending him a message. And since I am going to ascend, I might as well bid him farewell— until we meet again," he muttered to himself as he opened his menu and later the friend list.

He scrolled through the list but couldn't see Shay's name in the list.

"Hmm? He should be on the list. In fact, I talked to him recently after our last meeting. He was asking about—"

Zach's eyes widened in shock as he realized what had happened.

There were two reasons why a player's name would vanish from the friend list. One reason was that either of the players had 'unfriended' the other player. And the second reason was that the said player had... died.

After realizing that, Zach's mind went into a spiral. He had so many thoughts, yet he couldn't proceed with even one of them. He was trying to collect all the clues in his mind and figure out what could have happened.

Of course, he was aware of the two reasons, but he didn't want to accept either of them. However, deep down, he hoped that it would be the first reason.

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